Hello Stamplings!
How are you? I hope those who celebrated Mother's Day yesterday had a wonderful time! Big hugs of comfort to those of you for whom this holiday is painful.
Speaking of hugs, it's a blessing to have my family and friends vaccinated which allow us to share special holidays in person again without masks, but with lots and lots of hugs! Don't those feel amazing? I don't see how we will ever take hugs for granted after this pandemic.
And second best to hugs is what? That's right! Cake! Well, maybe cookies and pies, too, but for this month's Twofer Card Challenge, it's all about 🎂Cakes and Cupcakes🧁!
I chose CAKE so here is my cakey inspiration for you:
The hysterically funny stamp my Twofer has in common is NBUS from Art Impressions called "Birthday Cake Set" by Barbara Krebs.Onefer
For this QACAS card, I used a very old snippet of SU DSP with birthday cakes all over it. On a white snippet, I stamped, paper-pieced, and fussy-cut the birthday cake and then hid it among the cakes on the pp. Can you see it? That angled sediment is from PTI. You can't tell, but Hammy had a time glossifying those candles.
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Another QACAS card! This design is really pretty self-exploratory. The photo frame is from PTI. This card will need to go to a dear friend with a wicked sense of humor! Fortunately, that pretty much describes all my friends! The droopy candles, much like my bahzooms, have been duly winked by HRH. No, no, bad English.
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I hope you'll be able to join in with your 🎂CAKE/CUPCAKE🧁creations! We are delighted to have Guest Designer Janet with us this month! You will be inspired by her designs, as well as the designs of the entire talented Design Team! I do appreciate all your support of the Twofer Card Challenge and I hope you have fun while increasing your stash!
BONUS ~ RECIPE EXCHANGE!
Wait. What?
Well, as long as we are thinking about and talking about cakes and cupcakes, how would you like to take part in a recipe exchange? Remember those? It is strictly optional and strictly for fun, but if you'd like to share your favorite cake or cupcake recipe on your post when you play, we'd love to read about it! I may even compile them all and put them on a page here on the blog!
Long-time readers will know my favorite:
We always called it Crazy Cake, but it is also known as Wacky Cake or Depression-Era* Cake because it has no eggs or dairy.
Lots of online recipes show this cake frosted, but we always had it straight from the oven, naked, or with a simple dusting of powdered sugar. It's so easy that I would sometimes run home from the law firm where I worked, make the cake, and take it back to work while it was still warm, moist, and incredible! What's that? Why, yes, it was often made around the time bonuses were handed out.😉
Rather than type up the recipe, I've found a great website which has it (The Good Hearted Woman), as well as lots of pictures to explain the process. Click: Chocolate Wacky (or Crazy) Cake and dig in! By the way, it is a super fun cake to make with kids!
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*Overheard in the grocery store in 2021:
Grandma: "I also need some cocoa to make my Depression Era cake."
Granddaughter: "Oh, that's sad. Why were people, like, all depressed?"
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Enjoy your day! No, seriously, enjoy, and keep safe! LITS!*
As always, thank you for coming by to visit the Playhouse and special thanks to you if you take the time to join as a follower!
*Life is too short!
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